Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] kunit: unify module and builtin suite definitions

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Thu Aug 11 2022 - 09:49:49 EST


Hi David, Jeremy,

On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 5:21 AM David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently, KUnit runs built-in tests and tests loaded from modules
> differently. For built-in tests, the kunit_test_suite{,s}() macro adds a
> list of suites in the .kunit_test_suites linker section. However, for
> kernel modules, a module_init() function is used to run the test suites.
>
> This causes problems if tests are included in a module which already
> defines module_init/exit_module functions, as they'll conflict with the
> kunit-provided ones.
>
> This change removes the kunit-defined module inits, and instead parses
> the kunit tests from their own section in the module. After module init,
> we call __kunit_test_suites_init() on the contents of that section,
> which prepares and runs the suite.
>
> This essentially unifies the module- and non-module kunit init formats.
>
> Tested-by: Maíra Canal <maira.canal@xxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch, which is now commit 3d6e44623841c8b8 ("kunit:
unify module and builtin suite definitions") upstream.

Since this commit, modular kunit tests are no longer run at all.

Before:

# insmod lib/kunit/kunit.ko
# insmod lib/test_hash.ko
test_hash: loading test module taints kernel.
# Subtest: hash
1..2
ok 1 - test_string_or
ok 2 - test_hash_or
# hash: pass:2 fail:0 skip:0 total:2
# Totals: pass:2 fail:0 skip:0 total:2
ok 1 - hash

After:

# insmod lib/kunit/kunit.ko
# insmod lib/test_hash.ko
test_hash: loading test module taints kernel.

The actual test code (and test init code, if it exists) is not run.

Reverting commits e5857d396f35e59e ("kunit: flatten kunit_suite***
to kunit_suite** in .kunit_test_suites") and 3d6e44623841c8b8 ("kunit:
unify module and builtin suite definitions") fixes the issue.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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